Nils Jakob Johannesen

Nils Jakob Johannesen is a dancer and choreographer.

Nils Jakob Johannesen is educated at Nordic Black Theatre (three years of theatre studies, graduation 2002).

Johannesen has specialised in Japanese Butoh dance plus Ashtanga yoga, and to a large degree he has studied with teachers in Norway and abroad, at times during longer study residencies. For instance, he spent 2 x 3 months at the farm of Butoh master Min Tanaka in Japan. Further he has participated in workshops in Butoh work with Monica E. Herstad, Stuart Lynch, Frank van der Ven and Katarina Bakatsaki.

Information

(Objekt ID 1064)
Object type Person
Functions Choreographer, Dancer
Affiliations (1)
Involved in productions (8)
Title Premiere Role
Flexible Motion (Øyvind Jørgensen Productions) April 8, 2011 Artist
Dead Beat Escapement (The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet) October 17, 2008 Dancer
DocuDans* (DocuDance) (Øyvind Jørgensen Productions) Navember 19, 2007 Dancer (Team II)
Peer Gynt No. 371 (Øyvind Jørgensen Productions) March 25, 2006 Dancer
Gulden Skog* (Golden Wood) (Øyvind Jørgensen Productions) August 21, 2005 Dancer
Don Quijote (Øyvind Jørgensen Productions) April 20, 2005 Dancer (Mannen)
Peer Gynt No. 371 (Øyvind Jørgensen Productions) September 29, 2004 Dancer